[I had these sitting around from an old RtRW but never got around to
fleshing them out.]
Proto-Proposal: Track quorum
(AI = 3)
Amend Rule 879 (Quorum) to read:
Each Agoran decision has a quorum, a number set when the decision
is created and fixed thereafter. When a person initiates an Agoran
decision, that person SHALL (in the same message) state the quorum
of that decision. However, incorrectly stating the quorum of a
decision does not invalidate the initiation, nor does it change
the decision's quorum.
The quorum that an Agoran decision gains as it is created can be
defined by other rules of power 2 or greater. If no other rule
defines the quorum of an Agoran decision, the quorum for that
decision is the Quorum Level.
The Quorum Level is a singleton switch, tracked by the Assessor,
whose values are the positive integers (default 1). When a person
resolves one or more referenda, that person CAN and SHALL (in the
same message) flip the Quorum Level to 2/3 of the number of voters
on the last one, rounded to the nearest integer.
The above notwithstanding, the minimum quorum of an Agoran
decision is 2, or 1 if there are fewer than 2 players. If the
rules would attempt to set the quorum of an Agoran decision to
less than the minimum quorum, it is set to the minimum instead.
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Proto-Proposal: ADoP self-service
(AI = 3)
Amend Rule 2154 (Election Procedure) by replacing this text:
After the nomination period ends, the ADoP (or, if the office is
the ADoP, the Assessor) CAN and, in a timely fashion, SHALL:
1) If the election is contested, initiate an Agoran decision to
select the winner of the election (the poll). For this
decision, the Vote Collector is the ADoP (or, if the office is
the ADoP, the Assessor), the valid options are the candidates
with this text:
After the nomination period ends, the ADoP CAN and, in a timely
fashion, SHALL:
1) If the election is contested, initiate an Agoran decision to
select the winner of the election (the poll). For this
decision, the Vote Collector is the one who initiated the
decision, the valid options are the candidates
and appending this paragraph:
If the office is ADoP, then the ADoP's abilities and duties
defined earlier in this rule are instead assigned to the Assessor;
but the ADoP CAN initiate a decision for a contested election as
described above, thus absolving the Assessor of that duty.
Amend Rule 955 (Determining the Will of Agora) by replacing the
section defining the outcome of an instant runoff decision with:
2. For an instant runoff decision, the outcome is whichever option
wins according to the standard definition of instant runoff.
For this purpose, a ballot of strength N is treated as if it
were N distinct ballots expressing the same preferences.
If an entity that is part of a valid vote is not a valid option
at the end of the voting period, or disqualified by the rule
providing for the decision, then that entity is eliminated
prior to the first round of counting.
In case multiple valid options tie for the lowest number of
votes at any stage, the vote collector CAN and must, in the
announcement of the decision's resolution, select one such
option to eliminate; if e is one of those options, then e
CANNOT select another option; if, for M > 1, all eir possible
choices in the next M stages would result in the same set of
options being eliminated, e need not specify the order of
elimination.
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[ANSC H:GE V:G B:0]
